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Mountain Birds. At that time Markos had perhaps 2,500 armed followers in bands scattered about Greece. Within a year the number had grown to 8,000. Now he has 25,000. The hard core and leadership are Communist. But the KKE (pronounced coo-coo-ay) seldom admits that it controls the guerrillas, and refers to them as a "democratic force fighting against monarcho-fascists." Last year one member of the Greek Politburo earned a sharp rebuke from his comrades by boasting that "KKE has birds which sing in the mountains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Captain of the Crags | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...Illini, however, in their first three games have astonished the basketball world by romping over Coo and Pitt and by turning back a veteran Notre Dame squad which was reputed to be a "sure shot for the national championship...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Basketball Team Heads West After B. C. Tilt to Challenge Iowa, Illinois | 12/19/1947 | See Source »

Australia seems to be feeling more tolerant toward the uninhibited Yanks (who were never a patch on uninhibited Australians). A Melbourne barmaid overheard two Yankee voices last week. "Coo," she sighed, "It's Americans you are! My, I wish we had you back." To get them back, Calwell offered U.S. veterans special bonuses and aids. His immigration propagagandists turned on the heat. A brochure printed for distribution from Australian consulates in the U.S. called up memories of "those high, clear skies, the rollers at Bondi's [Beach] and the surfers' paradise, the hurly-burly of King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: Situation Vacant | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

...week, readers of Boal's twice-a-week column were seeing the U.S. through those same Cockney eyes. Boal had brought Mrs. Hunkle back with him, took her along on a Hollywood vacation where everything from elaborate hot-dog stands to film-colony eccentricities evoked her astonished Cockney "Coo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Coo! Said Mrs. Hunkle | 12/23/1946 | See Source »

...fact stood out clearly: the universal sigh of relief that greeted Stalin's peace coo showed how well the world understood that the only possible threat to peace came from Russia. Most reassuring point: the statement seemed to remove for the time being the greatest source of war danger-the possibility that the Kremlin might underestimate the power and purpose of the U.S. and Britain, and rashly precipitate a situation which would make war inevitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STRATEGY: Coo | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

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